Business Writing

Business Writing TipsA few business writing tips can help make your written correspondence, e-mail, and formal presentations all a bit more professional. It's hard to ascribe a strict set of rules to all businesses. There....

Giving PresentationsIt's a widely reported (and true) fact that giving presentations or public speaking outranks death on most people's lists of greatest fears. Even the most articulate speakers and precise thinkers can ....

Proper PunctuationUsing proper punctuation is enough to give even good writers the occasional nightmare. Do you use commas between the penultimate and ultimate nouns in a list (otherwise known as serial commas)? How ab....

Writing Style GuideThere are enough writing style guides out there to keep most people so busy that, were they read to them all, they'd have no time left to write anything themselves. Naturally, not all of these guides ....

Writing InstructionsOf all the types of business writing that exist, arguably none is as critical as writing instructions. The nature of the instructions you're drafting may vary from project to project. It may be that y....

E-mail WritingOne reason good e-mail writing can be tricky is the relative newness of the medium. The fact that e-mail has only been around, at least in the form we know it, for about 10 years means that a set code....

Using The Right WordsIn most writing manuals and English classrooms, the act of using the right words is also known as diction. Diction can be a funny thing, mostly because there are relative degrees of correctness when i....

Business Software WritingThose who specialize in business software writing are faced with a formidable task: they must create programs that are both powerful and easy to use at the same time. Each day, millions and millions o....

Help Writing A Cover LetterLots of people have great resumes but need help writing a cover letter. Too often, they make the mistake of focusing exclusively on the resume and relying on its strength to carry a subpar cover lette....

Bad News MessagesBad news messages are notoriously difficult to convey. Despite the preponderance of words in the English language that describe failure, criticism, and malevolence, it seems our faculties are put to t....